Excel 2003 strange new behavior

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Excel 2003 started to behave very strange on XP laptop. When the application
is opened it doesn't create or show Book1. If I try to open a saved Excel
file from a shortcut or by clicking on the file Excel opens but the file
doesn't ? The only way that I can open an Excel file is to have the
application opened and to drag and drop the file in the application window.

Any ideas would be very much appreciated..

Vic V
 
I am having a similar problem. However, I found that if you click on the
open file icon you can brouse to the file you want and select it then it will
open. I have read all I can find on the new conversion updates and have
performed all the upgrades and still cannot get excel files to open normally.
If I find a permanent solution I will let you know.
 
Well Vic, it took a little searching and piecing bits of information from
different sources but I finally found the fix.

First: Open Excel and select tools > options.
In the "General" Tab make sure "Ignore other applications" is unchecked.
Close Excel.

Second: Click on Start > Run and type the following including the quotation
marks:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Excel.exe" /unregserver
Click OK or hit enter.

Third: Click on Start > Run and type the following including the quotation
marks:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Excel.exe" /regserver
A Windows installer window will pop up and perform the necessary functions
to register Excel.

Double click on any .xls file and it should open normally. I did this on my
system and now it works as well as it always did.

Enjoy
 
P.S. Just make sure where your Excel.exe file is located and change the path
accordingly.
 
I have previously tried the fixes you suggested with no result. I guess I can
try them again and see if I possibly missed a step. The unregserver and
regserver did they give you a dialog box ? The reason I'm asking is that I
had found the command on another discussion board and when I ran them there
was no indication that anything actually was done by the system.

Vic
 
"cpt_neo" Thank You !!!! I tried your commands with the sintext you indicated
and the problem was resolved... When I went back to the commands I had tried
earlier to repair the registry settings they where very similar to yours but
not exact ... The quotations where missing in the unregserver and regserver
commands and that apparently prevented the Excel explication settings from
being modified in the registry. So once again thank you for the help it was
a very perplexing and annoying problem.

Vic
 
You're welcome. As I learned early in programming, syntax is everything.
Glad I could help.
 
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